I was going to update the band that was rejected earlier with a picture of the physical demo. However, when clicking resubmit there is no chance to complete the previous application with pictures, which I think is a feature that should be added.

....Click "edit" instead of "resubmit"?

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Markeri, in 2013 wrote:

you can debate the actual date that metal began, but a fairly agreed upon date is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

Extreme_violence wrote:

Why Iron maiden is there? It's very far to be metal than a lot of some metal band.

Let's see, this is not the first time the encyclopaedia rejects my submissions, I'm almost used to it, but this time, I really can't understand why:

I recently attempted to submit Xibalba, an American California based Doom/Sludge Metal act, and its been rejected once and again. Now I suppose the reason for rejection has to do with the "metalness" thing, as the evidence of a physical release (full-lenght Hasta la Muerte) won't be a problem: http://www.southernlord.com/store.php

With regard to metalness, I gotta say I do realize there's plenty of hardcore influence in their music, yet I believe the core of all work both as a whole and seen song by song is doom and sludge metal indeed. Also, their songs are epic at a level that only metal can achieve. On the other hand, if it's true that there's hardcore stuff in it, it's also true there's plenty of death metal in it, so one could say "were even", uh?

Haven't listened to those samples yet, but the reason entered for blacklisting (which was a while ago, so your band wasn't rejected, it was just preemptively blocked), was, "Sounds like beatdown hardcore with minor death metal elements.".

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Markeri, in 2013 wrote:

you can debate the actual date that metal began, but a fairly agreed upon date is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

Extreme_violence wrote:

Why Iron maiden is there? It's very far to be metal than a lot of some metal band.

My submission for the band "Fleischbeschau" has been rejected a few times due to the lack of evidence for a physical release. It's actually just a CD-R with one song on it. There's like 15 copies or so and only friends of the band have any copies. If you want you can remove it from the releases section but we haven't released any further things yet.

I see no point for the rejection, why would I lie about a one-song-demo?

The picture you provided was hardly proof, as I wrote in my rejection message. It was just a slim case with a printed out cover in it. You may think this is paranoid of us, but we've had lots of people trying to fake a physical release that way.

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BowelKicker wrote:

There's like 15 copies or so and only friends of the band have any copies.

I'm afraid this isn't enough. A handful of copies for close friends of the band isn't a publicly available release. Now, you may ask at which point a small underground release becomes public, but considering it's also just one song on a burned CD-R with simple print-out cover (or so you say) we'd need something more tangible. My advice to you would be to wait for a "proper" release with more copies and wider (well, actual, in this case) distribution before submitting again.

I’m writing to you with regard to appealing to the recent rejection of my submission to Metal Archives for the band "MelancholicA". The reason I received for the rejection was: "not being a metal band" which I believe is not sufficiently reasonable. Below I’ve provided compelling evidences:

1. By the time I was submitting, the band’s first fully, unambiguously metal full-length album had been released by a Russian label "CVLMINIS" (which releases just metal works) titled "Lamentation For A Deprived Desire". Here again, the related links are presented:

2. There are a number of famous bands with similar genre (Atmospheric Doom Metal/Dark Ambient/Neoclassical) such as Dargaard, Agonia, Torture, Forest Silence, etc. which do have profiles on Metal Archives. You can listen to the audio samples of the band here:

Did you consider this: "There are a number of famous bands with similar genre (Atmospheric Doom Metal/Dark Ambient/Neoclassical) such as Dargaard, Agonia, Torture, Forest Silence, etc. which do have profiles on Metal Archives."

First of all, a lot of those non-metal bands (Dark Ambient/Neoclassical, etc) that are on the site are accepted under the side-project rule.

Second, those that aren't sanctioned by the side-project rule are accepted because one or more of their albums were undeniably metal. Melancholia has no metal elements - and by that, we mean the music lacks guitar riffs.

Haven't listened to those samples yet, but the reason entered for blacklisting (which was a while ago, so your band wasn't rejected, it was just preemptively blocked), was, "Sounds like beatdown hardcore with minor death metal elements.".

Well based on those four samples they definitely sound more melodeath than -core (which is the reason given for their blacklisting). I'm gonna see if I can get a hold of the full length and give a more official opinion later. I like to consider myself the metalcore/deathcore expert of the staff but some second opinions would be welcomed as well.

EDIT: Okay after a listen of the full length, I am 100% in favor of unblacklisting Fuck Your Shadow From Behind. Most definitely based more in melodeath than any form of -core. That said, I will await the judgment of a second mod before doing so, because this was blacklisted in the first place. My football/hockey analogy from before still comes in to play. I'm just one ref.

Hi. I tried to submit a band called Dagger Of Sacrifice from Norway, and it said that it was blacklisted. I wouldn't think it would be because of lack of 'metalness', since the music is funeral doom. My only other assumption is that it's because their demo was unreleased since it was recorded in 2003. However, Graceless Recordings has just reissued their demo (link below), and unless there was another reason for their blacklisting I think they should be taken off the list.

Hi. I tried to submit a band called Dagger Of Sacrifice from Norway, and it said that it was blacklisted. I wouldn't think it would be because of lack of 'metalness', since the music is funeral doom. My only other assumption is that it's because their demo was unreleased since it was recorded in 2003. However, Graceless Recordings has just reissued their demo (link below), and unless there was another reason for their blacklisting I think they should be taken off the list.

According to our beloved blacklist, it is ambient/noise, with little to no metal. Is there a way you can post full songs by them? The four minute samples on bandcamp would be ok if it was blacklisted for another reason, but since the reason is (big time) lack of metal, I'd like to check some full songs (besides I love Funeral Doom).

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Hi. I tried to submit a band called Dagger Of Sacrifice from Norway, and it said that it was blacklisted. I wouldn't think it would be because of lack of 'metalness', since the music is funeral doom. My only other assumption is that it's because their demo was unreleased since it was recorded in 2003. However, Graceless Recordings has just reissued their demo (link below), and unless there was another reason for their blacklisting I think they should be taken off the list.

According to our beloved blacklist, it is ambient/noise, with little to no metal. Is there a way you can post full songs by them? The four minute samples on bandcamp would be ok if it was blacklisted for another reason, but since the reason is (big time) lack of metal, I'd like to check some full songs (besides I love Funeral Doom).

Unfortunately I only have the tape of the full songs, not mp3s. I can tell you that the samples on that page are what the full songs do sound like though. So if you think the samples sound acceptable, then perhaps the band can be taken off the blacklist? Unless you're required to hear the whole songs yourself.

Also, even though there is a lot of ambient noise, I can tell it's coming from a guitar. Maybe whoever blacklisted it didn't recognize that and thought it was electronic noise.